[Anonymous]

If u were to swap and change the current crop of drivers to put them in different cars to create a equal grid, how would u do this?

ie: Mclaren- Liuzzi/Kathrekayen

Red Bull- Maldonado/D’ambrosio

Sauber- Hamilton/Vettel

Hispana- No driver could equal this to a Mclaren! :)

You get the point!

[Ned Flanders]

I see what you’re trying to do, but in reality I imagine swapping the drivers around would do very little to change form. The difference between good and bad cars is seconds- the difference between good and bad drivers, I imagine, is only a few tenths.

But it is an interesting thought. I suppose the closest we got to finding the answer was the 2009 season, when lots of the best drivers were in the midefield or lower. Remember Silverstone, with Hamilton, Alonso and Kubica fighting over about 14th! That was for the most part a tepid race, yet I have fond memories of it for that one battle!

Anyway, I’m going off topic. I suspect if you put Maldonado and Ambrosia in a Red Bull they’d be winning races by the mid season, and if you put Hamilton and Vettel in a Lotus they’d struggle to score points

[Todfod]

It would never be possible to negate the difference between a Red Bull and an HRT, but just for fun.. here goes –

1) Red Bull – Karthikeyan & Maldonado

2) Mclaren – D’Ambrosio & Liuzzi

3) Ferrari – Barrichello & Trulli

4) Renault – Alguersuari & Schumacher

5) Mercedes – Glock & Buemi

6) Sauber – Petrov & Perez

7) Force India – Kobayashi & Kovalainen

8) Toro Rosso – Di Resta & Sutil

9) Williams – Webber & Massa

10) Lotus – Rosberg & Button

11) Virgin – Kubica & Vettel

12) HRT – Alonso & Hamilton

[davey]

@Todford, I think Barrichello is faster than you credit him. He did beat The Stig you know!

[Cornflakes]

I agree with Ned. Afterall, these are world class drivers. Even a ‘bad’ driver, say, Luca Bodoer is a phenomenal talent if up against a layman. So the difference between a Red Bull and an HRT may be 6/7 seconds. However, the difference between Vettel and Karthikeyan may be only a second. Swapping around the grid and there might be a difference, but it probably wouldn’t be too obvious.

[Anonymous]

This would be the 2011 entry list if after 2010 the drivers re-arranged in the teams that are listed in the order of the 2010 Championship but the teams’ strength is the one I think is the one of 2011 (Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, Sauber, Force India, Toro Rosso, Williams, Lotus, Virgin, HRT).

Virgin

1. Sebastian Vettel

2. Robert Kubica

Red Bull

3. Narain Karthikeyan

4. Pastor Maldonado

McLaren

5. Jerome D’Ambrosio

6. Jaime Alguersuari

Ferrari

7. Sebastien Buemi

8. Timo Glock

Mercedes

9. Vitantonio Liuzzi

10. Heikki Kovalainen

Renault

11. Kamui Kobayashi

12. Jarno Trulli

Williams

14. Mark Webber

15. Jenson Button

Force India

16. Vitaly Petrov

17. Adrian Sutil

Sauber

18. Rubens Barrichello

19. Michael Schumacher

Toro Rosso

20. Sergio Perez

21. Paul Di Resta

Lotus

22. Felipe Massa

23. Nico Rosberg

HRT

24. Fernando Alonso

25. Lewis Hamilton

[Kingshark]

I’m using the 2010 grid, with drivers in 2010 form:

Red Bull: Bruno Senna – Lucas Di Grassi

Mclaren: Tonio Liuzzi – De La Rosa

Ferrari: Karun Chandhok – Vitaly Petrov

Mercedes: Jarno Trulli – Buemi

Renault: Alguesauri – Glock

Williams: Hulkenburg – Kovelainen

Force India: Sutil – Kobayashi

Sauber: Barrichello – Schumacher

Torro Rosso: Massa – Webber

Lotus: Rosberg – Button

Virgin: Vettel – Kubica

Hispania: Alonso – Hamilton

That’s about as close as it can be, I think Petrov would be champion :D

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